Word: reasserted
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Because federal agencies have begun to reassert regulatory control over the past two years, credit terms are tightening up. The Government has required banks to boost their ratio of equity to total outstanding loans, so that institutions will have more of their own holdings at risk. As a result, banks are being more careful about making loans and borrowers are finding it harder to get credit...
When given the opportunity to reassert America's dominance in the world economic system, Bush deferred to Japan. At the summit meeting in France of the world's seven leading industrialized countries, it was the Japanese who strode to the forefront when they announced a comprehensive aid package for Third World countries...
...banner resilient in the face of flame. Similarly, as long as the freedom for which it stands is resolutely respected, the flag is certain to survive the flames of all the Joey Johnsons who would wish otherwise. "And it is this resilience," proclaimed Justice Brennan, "that we re-reassert today...
...across the country, educated men and women will be gathering in fervid flocks to watch the Game. For most of them, it will be the year's biggest opportunity to relive their anxious youth, and reassert their connections to the colleges that gave them their diplomas...
...Israelis are devising new ways beyond curfews, roadblocks and shop closings to reassert their authority. Palestinians who wish to see relatives in detention camps can no longer arrange their visits through the Red Cross but must go through the tedious process of seeking permission from the military government. Anyone applying for a birth certificate or marriage license must prove that all government fines have been paid, while Palestinians traveling to Amman must first traverse miles of red tape...